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CANCUN, Mexico – Addressing the increasingly global problem of Latin American Organized Crime (LAOC) was the focus of a working meeting, hosted by the Mexican authorities and INTERPOL.Bringing together 90 participants from 22 countries under the umbrella of INTERPOL’s Project Fortaleza, the three-day (2 – 4 September) meeting was aimed at supporting the o...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico&nbsp;– Identifying, targeting and dismantling transnational organized crime groups involved in the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit goods is the focus of the 7th INTERPOL Intellectual Property Crime Training Seminar in co-operation with the Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR), the Agencia Federal de Investigaciones (A...

GUATEMALA – Specialists from Central America and Mexico have taken part in an INTERPOL meeting aimed at promoting the use of DNA, Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and fingerprint services to encourage greater information exchange and co-ordination at the regional and international level.The five-day meeting (7-11 February)&nbsp;in Guatemala City broug...

LYON, France –&nbsp; The arrest by Argentinean police of a Colombian woman wanted for allegedly leading a drug trafficking ring has been praised by the world police body after the suspect was located through international police efforts and intelligence provided by INTERPOL’s Fugitive Unit.Former model Angie Sanclemente Valencia, aged 31, is suspected of...

Police in all INTERPOL’s 186 member countries will soon be able to access criminal information from Mexico as a result of an innovative new partnership agreed between Mexico and INTERPOL.Within two months, Mexico will make its police databases available to all INTERPOL member countries by linking up its Plataforma México (Mexican platform) to I-24/7, INTE...